Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

of God will rest on him. He can not with safety
dispense with the truth of God as his guide and
monitor. If man can take one breath without being
dependent upon God, then he may lay aside God's
pure, holy Word, as guide book. The truth must
take control of the conscience and the
understanding in all the work that is done. The
Holy Spirit must preside over thought and word
and deed. It is to direct in all temporal and spiritual
actions.
It is well pleasing to God that we have praise
and prayer, and religious services, but Bible
religion must be brought into all we do, and give
sanctity to each daily duty. The Lord's will must
become men's will in everything. The Holy One of
Israel has given rules of guidance to all, and these
rules of guidance are to be strictly followed, for
they form the standard of character. No one can
swerve from the first principles of righteousness
without sinning. But our religion is misinterpreted
and despised by (un?) believers because so many
who profess to hold the truth, do not practice its
principles in dealing with their fellow men.
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